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Will New York be the site of the next energy boom? [It's all up to Gov. Andrew Cuomo now]
Hotair ^ | 12/02/2014 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 12/02/2014 7:48:09 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Fresh off his 72% reelection victory in New York’s 27th District, Congressman Chris Collins has set to work attempting to deliver on his promises to the voters. One of the biggest challenges he faces is the effort to help turn things around in the Empire State on the energy front. New York, just like Pennsylvania and West Virginia, sits on two major shale oil reserves. But unlike their neighbors to the south, where jobs have multiplied and personal wealth has moved upward, New Yorkers have not been able to benefit from these opportunities. Democrats in charge of the state government, led by Governor Andrew Cuomo, have maintained a “moratorium” on fracking for more than six years now. (In reality this is a ban motivated entirely by liberal New York politics, but Cuomo has national ambitions so he doesn’t like to use the B word.)

Congressman Collins is hoping to finally move the needle.

Fracking has already transformed places like Williston, N.D., Cumberland Township, Pa., and Port Arthur, Texas, from dusty towns to booming economic powerhouses. Unfortunately, no New York towns can say the same. New York has similar energy resources, as it sits atop two large shale formations. However, for reasons varying from overregulation to political calculations, we have yet to tap in to our energy potential. Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to uphold a moratorium on fracking that has been in place in New York since 2008.

The time has come for Gov. Cuomo to open New York to fracking.

As with any practice that harnesses our natural resources, environmental concerns need to be evaluated. But so far, Gov. Cuomo has refused to discuss the future of the moratorium as he hides behind flawed evidence and the continuous and politically motivated delays of his health department tasked with issuing a safety review. Numerous scientific studies have shown that fracking is safe when done correctly and with the proper oversight.

While Gov. Cuomo and downstate New York bureaucrats delay, New York residents, especially Western New Yorkers, lose out on job opportunities, lower energy prices, and lucrative revenue streams. I will continue to pressure Gov. Cuomo to lift the fracking moratorium in New York, and look forward to New York becoming the next state to lead America’s energy resurgence.

There was a time when I would have thought that Chris Collins was just tilting at windmills here. Albany is firmly in the pockets of the anti-energy crowd and Cuomo knows which side his bread is buttered on. But current events may be providing a small sliver of light in terms of a path forward. As we’ve discussed before, Governor Cuomo is still under the impression that he might be a viable challenger for the Democrat nomination either in 2016, or possibly even the next time around if Hillary manages to fail. The public is clearly on the side of more energy jobs and are not voting they way the environmental activists would like on a national level. While he would take a hit at home, lifting the moratorium might look like the best move for Cuomo’s team.

Sadly, we don’t have the votes in the areas where the energy is found to overcome the slug of Democrats in New York City, so “voting the bums” out is still not an option. But if there is a gleam of greed in Cuomo’s eyes in terms of a presidential bid, he might just deliver a moment of opportunity.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; energy; fracking; naturalgas; newyork

1 posted on 12/02/2014 7:48:09 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

New York? Get a rope.


2 posted on 12/02/2014 7:51:42 PM PST by ansel12
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To: SeekAndFind

Energy, shmenergy ... it’s wealth, baby


3 posted on 12/02/2014 7:54:13 PM PST by knarf
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To: SeekAndFind

Cuomo did not get 72% of the vote. He won by 13 points over Rob Astorino. Astorino won 74% of all of the counties in New York. I hate crappy reporting and lying.


4 posted on 12/02/2014 7:54:50 PM PST by NoKoolAidforMe (I'm clinging to my God and my guns. You can keep the change.)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe

Ugh. I’m too tired. Read the article wrong. Oops.


5 posted on 12/02/2014 7:56:14 PM PST by NoKoolAidforMe (I'm clinging to my God and my guns. You can keep the change.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It may be a little late now with the drop in oil prices for capital expenditures such as this.

The liberals in NYS need to keep as many people on the dole as possible and unemployed also.


6 posted on 12/02/2014 7:57:08 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: SeekAndFind; ansel12

Too late, losers. You missed the opportunity to allow energy businesses to capitalize for the boom by about 30 months.


7 posted on 12/02/2014 7:58:11 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: NoKoolAidforMe

They are talking about Collins victory in the 27th District but agree, it’s a poorly formed sentence.


8 posted on 12/02/2014 7:58:27 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: SeekAndFind

The gas will still be there when we have a governor who’s serious about economic growth.


9 posted on 12/02/2014 8:20:03 PM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Does anyone honestly think that the Dem zealots in New York are going to provide for a sane energy policy that permits any type of drilling or energy production? No way .


10 posted on 12/02/2014 8:27:00 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Doesn’t matter because New York is all fracked up anyway.


11 posted on 12/02/2014 8:44:45 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: headstamp 2
The liberals in NYS need to keep as many people on the dole as possible

To keep the gravy flowing to the moochers, Prince Andrew may be forced to eyeball the potential tax windfall from fracking.

12 posted on 12/02/2014 9:06:02 PM PST by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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To: gasport

Also, if il Figlio stumbles over his Moreland Commission and breaks his assbone, the Gov. Hochul (from Hamburg) would probably be more sensitive to upstate issues.


13 posted on 12/02/2014 9:32:02 PM PST by gasport (Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
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To: NoKoolAidforMe
Collins may have gotten 72 % of the vote
Little Cuomo got 55 % of the Vote
Asterino recieved no financial help from Republican Governors headed by N.J. Gov. Cristie who said :
"We don't give money to lost casuses".
Out spent by Cuomo $10 to $1, who knows what could have happened with some money from RINO Cristie.
Also, the Republican Chairman (RINO) for N.Y.S. endorsed Cuomo rather than Asterino thru back-room agreement with Gov. Cuomo.
Talk about treachery ... !
14 posted on 12/02/2014 10:29:25 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: ansel12

Where are those minority set-asides?

Oh you want a permit do you? Waaahaahahahaaaa!! Hey Rocco, this guy here wants a permit!!

Oh, so your oil well burnt down? F-You, Pay Me!


15 posted on 12/02/2014 11:46:08 PM PST by bakeneko
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To: SeekAndFind

16 posted on 12/03/2014 4:53:44 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oil discovered in a “lie”beral state, what a conundrum.


17 posted on 12/03/2014 4:56:09 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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